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> I am trying to install freebsd on my m-2625u  gateway laptop but am running into trouble. whe  I try to start x all I get is a black screen.

X -configure

and look if it works fine (no crash etc).

It will generate  xorg.conf file in current directory. move it to /etc/X11 
and try to edit something

Xorg tries to autoconfigure things but it may not always work